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Minerals, Volume 16, Issue 1

2026 January - 118 articles

Cover Story: During acid treatment, while the acid strength is, as expected, the driver in promoting mineral decomposition of rare earth minerals such as monazite (REEPO4), investigation of natural and synthetic silicates indicates that independent of their crystalline structure, there is an inverse trend where a sharp decrease in reactivity is observed with the most concentrated acidic solution. However, this severe passivation effect can be minimized by water dilution, which strongly enhances sulfate-forming cation transfer across the produced amorphous silica layer. A better understanding of the mechanism governing silicate decomposition in sulfuric acid can help optimize extraction strategies for a wide range of rare earth mineral assemblages. View this paper
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